LAKELAND, Fla.- A Florida woman was charged with threatening her health insurance provider during a phone conversation after police say she uttered the same words found on bullet casings used in the killing of an insurance executive in New York. Briana Boston, 42, told a representative of Blue Cross Blue Shield, "Delay, deny, depose. The words "delay," "deny" and "depose"…
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Josh Hawley is furious, after health insurance company Anthem planned a policy change that would cut the length of time anesthesia can be covered during medical procedures. Anthem walked back the change after a wave of outrage, but Hawley and Sen. Patients in limbo as Ohio State, Anthem negotiate insurance rates.
MINNEAPOLIS- Even as UnitedHealth Group workers have been wrongly made to feel unsafe by a barrage of threats and vitriol over the past nine days, CEO Andrew Witty said in a New York Times op-ed Friday that insurers must do better in being transparent with patients when coverage for care is denied. UnitedHealth Group confirmed Thursday night that shooting…
—Americans hoping for lower borrowing costs for homes, credit cards and cars may be disappointed after this week's Federal Reserve meeting. The Fed's policymakers are likely to signal fewer interest rate cuts next year than were previously expected. “We’ re on the cusp of a transition to them not cutting every meeting,” said David Wilcox, a former senior Fed…
TRENTON, NJ— Legislation that would require health insurers to cover biomarker testing has advanced in the New Jersey State Senate. The measure, sponsored by Senators Troy Singleton and Vin Gopal, would ensure that state-regulated insurance plans cover biomarker testing for patients when it is supported by medical and scientific evidence, removing…
By far, Texas has the most DACA recipients of any state on the list, with more than 87,000 "Dreamers," according to the filing. Opponents to the health care expansion, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, celebrated the judge's ruling. In May, the federal Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services announced a rule change that allowed "Dreamers"- DACA recipients…
May 31 of this year was a bittersweet day of sorts. That's the day my license as an insurance producer in the state of New Jersey expired. No, these changes have come about because even a $20 billion a year industry couldn't get insurance if it continued to pay out class action lawsuits to former players— and their families/victims— who suffered early onset dementia…
By far, Texas has the most DACA recipients of any state on the list, with more than 87,000 "Dreamers," according to the filing. Opponents to the health care expansion, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, celebrated the judge's ruling. In May, the federal Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services announced a rule change that allowed "Dreamers"— DACA recipients…
MINNEAPOLIS— Even as UnitedHealth Group workers have been wrongly made to feel unsafe by a barrage of threats and vitriol over the past nine days, CEO Andrew Witty said in a New York Times op-ed Friday that insurers must do better in being transparent with patients when coverage for care is denied. UnitedHealth Group confirmed Thursday night that shooting…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't defending last week's targeted execution of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, but believes companies like his act in a way that many people might see as life-threatening. She recalled going to a free clinic for blood work she couldn't afford while campaigning to represent New York's 14th District.
Many Americans currently get health insurance through their jobs. Losing their jobs, they also lose their insurance. Given recent advances in artificial intelligence, which may destroy many jobs, Americans could therefore be in for a lot of pain.
At that time, the TV talk show host owned between $280,000 and $600,000 in UnitedHealth Group and between $50,000 and $100,000 in CVS Health, both of which provide health insurance plans under Medicare Advantage. He owned between $5 M and $25 M in a digital health company called Sharecare and received dividends between $100,000 and $1 M. Nick Clemens, Oz's…
With Donald Trump's return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block. More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage if the GOP reduces the extra federal Medicaid funding that's enabled states to…
FireflySci Inc., a trusted provider of premium cuvettes, calibration standards, and spectrophotometer accessories, today issued a statement highlighting the significant challenges the company is facing due to increased import tariffs and skyrocketing health insurance costs. HIGHLAND PARK, N.J., Dec. 15, 2024/ PRNewswire-PRWeb/– For years, FireflySciInc. has…
That mantra for staff at the Roswell Museum and Art Center was a joke— at least, until Oct. 19, when flood waters whooshed through homes, businesses and the museum. The painting, now housed at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, survived the flood. But in Roswell, recovery is still in limbo for the museum and the typically dry city where few have flood insurance.
Sign up by Dec. 18 for coverage starting Jan. 1, 2025. Minnesotans who need health insurance have just one week left to enroll in a full year of coverage through MNsure, Minnesota's official health insurance marketplace. Wednesday, Dec. 18 is the deadline to enroll for coverage starting January 1.
BOSTON— Nearly two decades after Massachusetts started requiring every resident to carry health insurance, advocates say they’ re building support to again transform the state’ s health care system. Voters in Gloucester, Rockeport, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea approved the measure by an average of 61%, according to the group. “Given the uncertainties of…
When the economy shifts no bells ring, smoke signals rise or, more contemporarily, smartphone alerts sound. Recall that the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee began rate hiking in March 2022, raising rates 11 times during the next 18 months. These interest rate hikes did the job of bringing inflation rates down— from a high of just under 9 percent in June 2022 to…
Enablers of mass immigration to the U.S. rationalize it on humanitarian grounds, but a deeper dive into the economics behind it all reveals more sinister financial motives. Thus, it is possible to measure the amounts they send since wire transfers for international transactions are routed through the U.S. Federal Reserve system to the central banks of each…
